tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5597069875973506482..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Folsom East & The EagleJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-19914537531324277322013-06-09T05:05:02.577-04:002013-06-09T05:05:02.577-04:00"Queer, kinky, weird New York is vanishing at..."Queer, kinky, weird New York is vanishing at an astonishing rate-"<br /><br />That's the best news I've heard all week.<br /><br />- EasternerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-79902784190974086992013-03-04T16:49:23.800-05:002013-03-04T16:49:23.800-05:00Carlin and the Catholic church actually agree on s...Carlin and the Catholic church actually agree on something?!....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821504375512474361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-36841534124154112442012-10-16T02:09:00.942-04:002012-10-16T02:09:00.942-04:00Children should be raised out of cities on farms b...Children should be raised out of cities on farms by professional parents with 8 year degrees in parenting. They should only be seen in public when they turn 18. The world is for adults.tspoon108https://www.blogger.com/profile/06846426619783047907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-6772128910111889112012-08-22T14:38:26.209-04:002012-08-22T14:38:26.209-04:00D.
The gentrification isn't worth biaching ab...D.<br /><br />The gentrification isn't worth biaching about much, its a done deal. I understand the need, but what the gay community needs is a plan. Let's call it PLAN G. There are gay men in new york as well as outside the city with more than enough money to develop an area comparable in size to west chelsea. If all the a-list fire island investor types would choose an area in say Queens or the Bronx, conveniently located near a highway entrance and a subway line, we could all move there and make it exactly like the bad ol' days we miss so much. Put in a bathhouse, a leather bar, a stripper bar, a twinkie disco and some greek diners and la voila—Ft. Lauderdale North. In the summer they could fill a side street with sand and make it a nude beach. Show a little imagination people grab a piece of the outer boros while they're still there. I don't want credit for this idea, I just want to live there. I'm even willing to rent if I can't afford to buy. If we are going to be poo-pooed by people pushing strollers then why not self-segregate. Face it, there's just too many of them.D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35645592087385688642012-06-22T13:52:18.854-04:002012-06-22T13:52:18.854-04:00Be careful what you ask for! Economic stability an...Be careful what you ask for! Economic stability and recognition come at price. I don't care for it either, but times change. They replaced a strip club in Philly with a DAY CARE CENTER! They changed the Gayborhood to "Midtown Village"! There are rainbow markers on top of the street signs in the Gayborhood for crying out loud! OutFest in the fall closes off 3 square blocks. I have never seen a fenced off area for residents. It's certainly not FSE, but it's not the Iowa state fair, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-12612234415579094712012-06-19T02:47:54.767-04:002012-06-19T02:47:54.767-04:00Thank you for writing about this. Your stroller gr...Thank you for writing about this. Your stroller graphic really pissed me off, though (speaking as a kinky poly queer with a baby). Wish you wouldn't put it that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-36987073234748303812012-06-18T10:27:51.524-04:002012-06-18T10:27:51.524-04:00Q: Were you aware of the fair's presence befor...Q: Were you aware of the fair's presence before you bought property here? [The fair's been running for 16 years.]<br /><br />A: Yes... It's only once a year.<br /><br />By virtue of his buying a condo in some non-descript vertical yuppie ghetto, this moneyed-shithead feels that a street fair lasting only a few hours is intolerable to his sensiblities. So the street fair should just go away. Because HE doesn't like it.<br /><br />Such fucking arrogance should be addressed in kind....chris flashhttp://shadowpress.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-28683171041146521502012-06-17T19:15:24.739-04:002012-06-17T19:15:24.739-04:00Interesting, though, that the hotel patrons above ...Interesting, though, that the hotel patrons above the Highline, putting on live sex shows in the windows, seem to be little more than a mere amusement to those who pass. Unless there was a crackdown on that, too, which I didn't hear about. Unfortunately, having lived in NYC for almost 40 years, change seems to be one of the few dependable things. In my opinion, it's too bad that most of the changes have been going in the "child-friendly" G-rated direction. Everything must be child-proofed now, and frankly, it irritates the crap out of me. It's OK, though, to have to jump out of the way in order to avoid being run down by oblivious A-type young mothers speed-walking with their strollers (weapons) while blindly multi-tasking on their cell phones. Go buy a house in Princeton and take your damn strollers with you. Yuk!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-21634148837576975792012-06-16T21:06:19.468-04:002012-06-16T21:06:19.468-04:00grand st: that IS a very twisted marketing approac...grand st: that IS a very twisted marketing approach. i have switched sides. the condo buyers bought into "bad behavior & transexuals". how cool for them. now they can enjoy.lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-24976301081158658922012-06-16T12:35:59.215-04:002012-06-16T12:35:59.215-04:00What was especially outrageous about the cancelati...What was especially outrageous about the cancelation in 2009 was that The Standard Hotel is infamous and even encourages exhibitionists to pout on a show in front of their floor to ceiling windows. In fact many suggest that the photos of nude exhibitionist guests posted online and in the NY Post may have even been staged by the hotel and their publicists to generate buzz. Crazy that they of all parties would complain about Folsom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-79133524727176902372012-06-16T11:07:17.663-04:002012-06-16T11:07:17.663-04:00[Looking through Katherine Parker's wardrobe] ...[Looking through Katherine Parker's wardrobe] <br />Cynthia: Six thousand dollars? It's not even leather!Crazy Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56575259968286033742012-06-16T10:19:34.253-04:002012-06-16T10:19:34.253-04:00Um...can we be a little careful about plugging an ...Um...can we be a little careful about plugging an economic analysis wholesale onto this? Ever price leather gear? This is not the land of the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-25272261155497856402012-06-15T23:29:56.449-04:002012-06-15T23:29:56.449-04:00It all ends when the 'trash' culture and s...It all ends when the 'trash' culture and sub-culture have all been disposed. Then the ones remaining, the moneyed 'upper' culture will start eating each other until the 'fittest' of them survives. <br /><br />This isn't' about straight vs. gays. It's about the non-marginalized majority, mostly upper moneyed class, vs. the marginalized 'lower' class, (lower in the eyes of the upper class and middle America). Mind you (not you JM, you as in all ), that there are gays out there who are against this fair and would rather have the SATC crowds. SATC afterall was created by a gay or the gays upper class. They see the Folsom Fair as beneath them. No different than these moneyed gentrifiers see the natives as beneath them and must be pushed out or disposed of. They all want a sterile environment to live that [only] money can buy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-77055099802878403062012-06-15T21:31:34.676-04:002012-06-15T21:31:34.676-04:00can we please try to stay with what's really h...can we please try to stay with what's really happening here? this block was the boondocks until a minute ago. it was a safe haven for a marginalized group of people, away from the conventional crowds, for years. no one who didn't want to see them ever saw them.<br /><br />then Bloomberg and Burden rezoned this area. the High Line came in. people were evicted and put out of business so that luxury condo towers could rise. the people who move into those condos have zero respect for what came before them, for the people they are putting out. they consider certain classes of people to be trash, something to be discarded.<br /><br />in this case, the "trash" happens to be queer, kinky men and women. it could just as easily be people in a homeless shelter or disabled senior citizens. the condo people will find a reason to have a problem, and they will push them out--all to create the ideal neighborhood that money can buy.<br /><br />assholes with socioeconomic power move into neglected neighborhoods, take them over, and deliberately kick out the people who've been there for years before them.<br /><br />let's not muddy the waters with crap about assless chaps and whatnot. this is cultural slaughter--and it's been going on since Bloomberg took office.<br /><br />when does it end?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-39472872793674402642012-06-15T21:20:06.153-04:002012-06-15T21:20:06.153-04:00to add: O.M.G. the person who thinks pep pee is so...to add: O.M.G. the person who thinks pep pee is so new york, LIVES in the million $$$ condos! guess thats one neighbor who wont sign MY petition. i also see this event is only 5 hours? why not get portable bathrooms? you know what? dont always blame the condo buyers. i bet the real estate office told them "these places will be shut down, city is working on this" too bad in a way for the gay bars, as the water front has always been their domain.lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18640248950183165182012-06-15T21:05:17.969-04:002012-06-15T21:05:17.969-04:00ANON 12:20 pm 6/15: took the words out of my mouth...ANON 12:20 pm 6/15: took the words out of my mouth. gay strollers? really. whats the solution for those folks? their own hoods? now THATS a new marketing slant. family friendly neighborhoods for gay parents. you heard it first here. ANON 11:25 6/14: there is something sinister about the black leather, & the way they wear it, w/the backsides cut out. you cant compare it to carrie bradshaw. if the gays on this blog are offended by carrie wanna be's, why cant straight people be offended by some of gay culture? i have no problem w/gay events, but as i said i wouldnt want it in my face. again, i wonder, how many people knew of this event before buying the condo? & dont assume people move to new york to be "edgy". they move for many reasons, dont flatter yourselves. they not there for you or peepee. as for peeing on the side of buildings? one commenter said, "thats new york"?? so wrong. he sounds like a kid from the midwest, maybe still in college. i lived in NYC most of my life no one ever pee'ed near my buildings. no one deserves that. whether they pay a million $ or live in a project. my gay friends would be @ bloomburg's & get the place shut down. their bodies may not be their temples, but their homes are. i wouldnt want to live near a sports bar or frat bar either. pee is pee. @least this event is once a year.lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-26256655797939152772012-06-15T21:00:21.027-04:002012-06-15T21:00:21.027-04:00Excuse me, but "One can't help but feel t...Excuse me, but "One can't help but feel the undercurrent of homophobia running through this one...hardly live and let live."<br /><br />I'm feeling an undercurrent of HETEROPHOBIA. What's wrong with us breeders? You wouldn't be here if someone didn't have you, so relax, people. And it's not just straight couples with children who are responsible for the changes that are coming to the area, it's capitalism and materialism and STUFF. Plenty of gay people have money and stuff and values, too. Relax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-82856435711431065802012-06-15T17:08:27.939-04:002012-06-15T17:08:27.939-04:00and the visual on that:
http://www.flickr.com/pho...and the visual on that:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/11205114@N03/7376041390/in/photostreamJeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-72270814506552177112012-06-15T16:52:29.987-04:002012-06-15T16:52:29.987-04:00Grand St.--so right! i was just by there and snapp...Grand St.--so right! i was just by there and snapped a pick of their "bad behavior" signage. to come...Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-88651593584326785222012-06-15T14:46:01.926-04:002012-06-15T14:46:01.926-04:00Meanwhile, the developers of '+art' are se...Meanwhile, the developers of '+art' are selling "queer, kinky, weird New York."<br /><br />Stenciled on the ground floor plate glass is something like Chelsea "invented bad behavior." The building's website urges "live loudly welcome home" (?) and includes this Angela Carter quote: "Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris is a woman and New York is a well-adjusted transsexual." <br /><br />SMH. The real-estate forces love to celebrate the very things they kill, like crowing about the charms of 'FloMa' a few avenues east, while the phalanx of 40-story apt. buildings along 6th eliminates the flower merchants and the charm.Grand St.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-9788595050062783072012-06-15T12:20:29.031-04:002012-06-15T12:20:29.031-04:00Some of those stollers are with gay parents.
The...Some of those stollers are with gay parents. <br /><br />The most interesting side effect of gay marriage is couples who have moved their lives away from those like people who support FSE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-13735418044750115872012-06-15T07:27:49.061-04:002012-06-15T07:27:49.061-04:00It always stings when a group realizes they've...It always stings when a group realizes they've been little more than a placeholder for a "more desirable", ie moneyed/powerful, group when that group decides to shatter the place where they live, work, or play, with little or no regard, deliberate or otherwise, for them. After decades of providing jobs, entertainment, services, etc. far west chelsea is suddenly a desirable residential destination for the fortunate few who can afford it. Until it isn't desirable for them anymore. Then, the same kind of people who made the far west side viable both economically and socially when no one else was interested in it have to figure out how to turn a trendy apartment building into something more useful. The current story of capitalism run amok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57754103599565702622012-06-14T23:25:00.623-04:002012-06-14T23:25:00.623-04:00Please - the children of the Carrie Bradshaw wanna...Please - the children of the Carrie Bradshaw wannabes living in these highline-adjacent buildings are too busy drooling on themselves, or having screaming fits because the parents are too wrapped up in themselves to actually discipline the children. OR too lost in their smartphone games or texting to care about anyone in a see through cami OR a pair of assless chaps. <br /><br />Its obvious that its the parents who are offended by the sight of human flesh not covered by a Lululemon yoga outift. And they tell temselves they moved to NY because of the diversity, because its edgy. They've got roughly 3,588 miles of USA to be Iowans or whatever. Stay the F"*& out of our 12 miles of NY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-21594477554552722922012-06-14T22:43:35.224-04:002012-06-14T22:43:35.224-04:00Yet the highline and chelsea new residents welcome...Yet the highline and chelsea new residents welcome and would let their children see the practically naked SATC wannabes when going to club and bar hopping, brunching, and shopping esp. on hot humid days, wearing short short mini skirts sans underwear, see thru dresses without a bra almost on a nightly and daily basis. I have no problem with those almost naked women, neither do I have a problem with the Folsom fair. So 'Save the children' my ass; they kiss that ass. I hope more topless women would walk around highline and chelsea. I'd like to see these bankers and lawyers parents go huffin' and puffin' about that. Damn hypocrites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-3794932407656663502012-06-14T18:11:01.036-04:002012-06-14T18:11:01.036-04:00TINY TIM: IM STRAIGHT, you better get used to it. ...TINY TIM: IM STRAIGHT, you better get used to it. & darling, i AM a regular on this board, you better get used to that too. KEVIN DONOHUE: whats up w/the queer adoptions, the surrogate mother for the 2 married men? pleeese.......you guys "were" the original swinging singles, you paved the way for.....carrie???? now i see you all want to be accepted by the local PTA. you want it from the front & you want it from the back, make up your minds. i read the NYTs & see public TV too, i know whats going on. theres nothing more repulsive than gays wanting to be straight. now that offends me! if you stay in your area, i'll stay in mine. a deal? speak, for for ever hold the peace. love & kisses, laura -your straight friend. (as ms franklin said, show some respect- just a little bit....)lauranoreply@blogger.com